Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet home is such a sweet phrase. Not having a home of my own for the last 2 and half years has really made me appreciate the fact that I do now! Is it a perfect place? No. Do we have problems?? Yes, we have little friends that come to visit from time to time, the water pressure stinks but its home and I would not trade it for the world.

My baby is 9 Months!

Time sure does fly by!! Emilee turned 9 months old on the 18th and she is growing leaps and bounds!
She can:

Clap her hands putting both hands together not just clapping one hand to the other like last month.
She shakes her head No when she's done eating.
Can finally roll from back to belly and back.
She has her right upper and lower front teeth with the other two front teeth coming in slowly.
grabs for everthing in sight, especially when she is sitting in her high chair and there are things on the table.
Likes to play with bags, paper towels, paper..why did I buy toys??
Nods her head yes occasionally.
She waves bye-bye

We are slowly getting unpacked..Most boxes that we have left are from things that need a home and I need to get shelving for. We still have not found the hardware for the crib. I have a few totes in storage that it may be in. Hoping that it is in there or we have to shell out $42 for new hardware.
I am hoping to scrap later tonight. I have not done anything in over a month! I found my space last night and my table is actually clean. Msot stuff I have to put away will have to stay in boxes until I can get some shelves to put up for extra storage.

Light Bulb Moment

I was unpacking boxes last night and cleaning out drawers and came across some of my journals that I have written. WOW !! What a difference a decade makes!
In particular, these were from my 20's which were very rocky for me. I had really bad bouts of depression and Rereading them I dont think I really liked myself back then. Then I found my depression journal..Very disturbing how really low I actually was back then. The negative thoughts I use to have. It's no wonder that I tried suicide as a way out of all that pain. What's changed you say??
Well Im in my 30's now and for the most part I am way more confident in myself then I use to be. I dont care what other people think of me. I actually me..I am a lot more positive then before..I try to look at the positives as much as possible and remember that God has a plan and I need to be patient and wait for Him.What else has changed??
I found the Love of my life. A man that has always stuck by me and has put me and our children first before anything else. I only recently realized how much we have in common. We shared some of the same friends back in my late 20's but never crossed paths. Not until God wanted us to meet. Not until I was ready and finally admitted to myself that I had to stop my self destructive behavior and finally listen to what God was telling me. Only then did He allow our paths to meet.
You see what can happen when you trust and follow God??So my point of this story is ...No matter the circumstance you are dealing with, no matter how low you may feel, allow yourself to be thankful for what you do have..It can truly change your additude and lift your spirits if you Thank Him for what you have. OK...I am done for now..I wanted to share my light bulb moment I had...

We've Moved!!

YEAH!!
We are finally in our apartment! It took a BIG 16 foot truck, 6 guys, 4 pizzas and lots of man power to get allo f our stuff up 18 steps but we did it!
I thankfully did not have to lug all that stuff, I was the runner. I had to run to get the guys from church, then to the storage unit, then back to church/ Cindy's house to pick up keys I left in diaper bag and drop off Moses, then to apartment, then to get pizza,then back to Cindy's to pick up kids, then finally back to the aprtment! I did 120 miles..
Things are slowly finding a home and we are living with less and less boxes every day. I will surely be glad when it's all over!
Pictures to be coming soon!